--- title: Ezekiel 26:16 (JPS 1917) — Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones,… · tree and pragmatics description: Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and strip off their richly woven garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be appalled at thee. Who acts: princes. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:EZK:681 # text = Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and strip off their richly woven garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble every moment, and be appalled at thee. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 thrones throne NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 strip strip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 richly richly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 amod _ _ 27 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 clothe clothe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 32 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 trembling trembling NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 tremble tremble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 46 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 47 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 appalled appall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come down** | shall | all princes of the sea | | | princes's thrones | then | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from throne=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **lay away** | infinitive | all princes of the sea *not said here* | princes's robes | | | | away *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Result | | 3 | **strip off** | infinitive | all princes of the sea *not said here* | princes's woven garments | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient | | 4 | **weave** | participle | | | | | | richly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **clothe** | shall | princes *= prince* | princes *= prince* | | | | with trembling | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | | 6 | **sit** | shall | princes *= prince* | | | the ground | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon ground=Location | | 7 | **tremble** | shall | princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **appall** | infinitive · passive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | thee | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וְֽיָרְד֞וּ מֵעַ֣ל כִּסְאוֹתָ֗ם כֹּ֚ל נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הַיָּ֔ם וְהֵסִ֙ירוּ֙ אֶת־מְעִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־בִּגְדֵ֥י רִקְמָתָ֖ם יִפְשֹׁ֑טוּ חֲרָד֤וֹת ׀ יִלְבָּ֙שׁוּ֙ עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ יֵשֵׁ֔בוּ וְחָֽרְדוּ֙ לִרְגָעִ֔ים וְשָׁמְמ֖וּ עָלָֽיִךְ׃ [Ezekiel 26:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.26.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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